Here is the communitarian intellectual Etzioni at National Interest: Millions of Americans who still support Trump see themselves as a persecuted White minority. They hear from right-wing news outlets that demographic trends dictate that the United States is on its […]
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Kevin McCarthy: “I don’t think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election”
The GOP House minority leader can’t be serious. Here is Paul Kane at The Washington Post: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday took a head-spinning tour through Washington. First, he oversaw the roughly 20-minute meeting of House Republicans […]
The coming split in the Republican Party
Here is Zach Montague at The New York Times: More than 100 Republicans, including some former elected officials, are preparing to release a letter this week threatening to form a third party if the Republican Party does not make certain […]
Liz Cheney: “Remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar”
Her party empowers liars and removes truth-tellers from leadership positions. Here is Liz Cheney’s parting shot: The sound you hear are progressives cheering for one of the most conservative members of the House of Representatives:
Kevin McCarthy is “proud to be a Christian.” He’ll now need to find a way to reconcile his faith with his willingness to lead a party united around a lie
The vote to remove Liz Cheney from her leadership position has not taken place yet and the House’s top two Republicans–Andrew McCarthy and Stave Scalise–have already thrown their support behind New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik to replace her. Here is […]
Chait: “The next insurrection will be a Brooks Brothers riot”
Over at New York Magazine, Jonathan Chait responds to this piece by Dan McLaughlin at The National Review. Chait does not see much difference between the Liz Cheney wing of the GOP and the Donald Trump wing of the GOP. […]
The MAGA crowd is not happy with the choice of Elise Stefanik to replace Liz Cheney in House GOP leadership
Liz Cheney is on her way out. New York congresswoman Elise Stefanick, who got national attention for her defense of Trump in his first impeachment hearing, is positioning herself to replace Cheney as the House’s third-ranking Republican. Donald Trump has […]
Josh Hawley: Liz Cheney is “out of step with Republican voters”
The Missouri senator who gave credibility to the Big Lie in the days leading-up to the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 has a message for Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney. (Get up the speed on the Cheney story […]
Cheney: “The GOP is at a turning point”
Here is Liz Cheney’s op-ed from las night’s Washington Post: In public statements again this week, former president Donald Trump has repeated his claims that the 2020 election was a fraud and was stolen. His message: I am still the rightful president, […]
Change over time: A historical look at Liz Cheney’s years in the House of Representatives
It looks like Liz Cheney will lose her leadership position in the GOP caucus because she does not believe Joe Biden stole the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump. The pro-Trump sharks are swarming. The GOP House leadership will not […]
Ah, the memories! Court evangelicals in their natural habitat
Jim Garlow, one of the lesser-known court evangelicals, shared this video today at his public Facebook page. The date was May 3, 2017. I see the following court evangelicals schmoozing with their political savior as the band plays “New York, […]
What evangelicals are saying (and not saying) about Liz Cheney’s recent statements about the 2020 election
CNN gets us up to speed: Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, said on Monday her party cannot accept the “poison” of the idea that the 2020 election was stolen and should not “whitewash” the January 6 […]
What happens in a two-party system when one of the parties is delusional?
According to Charles Pierce, “the whole system goes out of balance.” Here is a taste of his Esquire piece on the GOP’s new initiation rite: It appears that the cult driving modern conservatism—and the Republican Party, which is its outward […]
Franklin Graham opposes Biden’s infrastructure plan: “I wasn’t aware that America needed rebuilding.”
Here is Graham at his Facebook page: As President Biden was giving his speech last night, I couldn’t help but think that the swamp has won. When President Trump came into office, he said he was going to drain the […]
The Christians & the Vaccine project
Curtis Chang, a theologian at Duke Divinity School and Senior Fellow at Fuller Theological Seminary, and Kris Carter, a Christian entrepreneur, are trying to get evangelicals to take the COVID-19 vaccine. They have started the “Christians and the Vaccine Project.” […]
Mike Pence also has a policy organization
Yesterday we called your attention to Donald Trump’s America First Policy Institute. Former court evangelical Paula White will head the “Center for American Values” wing of his new institute. Today I learned about Mike Pence’s “Advancing American Freedom.” Pence’s advisory […]
The National Archives are still waiting for some of Trump’s rally speeches
One would think that Donald Trump, with all his bombast and appeals to his own greatness, would rush to get his rally speeches into the National Archives. His presidency was YUUUUUGE. Wouldn’t he want future historians to have a complete […]
Paula White will lead Donald Trump’s new “Center for American Values”
Yesterday Axios reported that the remnants of the Donald Trump administration will start something called the “America First Policy Institute.” Readers of this blog might be interested in learning that former court evangelical Paula White-Cain will head the new institute’s […]
Nikki Haley will not run for president in 2024 if Trump decides to run
Here is Max Greenwood at The Hill: Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Monday that she would not mount a bid for the White House in 2024 should former President Trump decide to run again. “I would not run if […]
Trump endorses Rubio
My how things have changed: